3 Level 8 monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned using "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" as any of its Materials: Negate the effects of all other face-up cards currently on the field. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; detach all Xyz Materials from monsters your opponent controls, then this card gains 500 ATK for each, also it can attack up to that many times during each Battle Phase this turn.

Card Ratings
Traditional: 1.90
Advanced:
3.20

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - May 18, 2012

Saving the best for last, we come to Neo
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, which is like Blue Eyes
Ultimate Dragon, but it looks better, does more, and
is an XYZ Monster instead of a Fusion. This is the
sickest XYZ to date, in terms of attack, defense,
art, and effect, (the lattest of the later being my
opinion perhaps) and OH, I just made up a word! This
is a Rank 8 XYZ Monster, with 4500 attack, 3000
defense, of the Light attribute, obviously a Dragon,
and XYZ Summoned with THREE (yes you read that
correctly, three) Level 8 Monsters.

I put Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon into the
category of a card like Shooting Quasar Dragon,
insane summoning requirement, but ridiculously
insane payoff. What three Level 8 Monsters would you
use to XYZ summon this card? Obviously you would use
at least one Galaxy-Eys Photon Dragon, and I think
at least one Stardust Dragon would be an easy enough
task to pull off. Maybe some combination there off,
and another Level/Rank 8 XYZ/Synchro of your
personal pleasure. When Neo is XYZ Summoned with
Galaxy Eyes an Material, you negate the Effects of
ALL other face-up Effect Monsters. That's bitching,
for lack of a better word, my friends.

As for what else Neo can do, his effect is Galaxy
Eyes on steroids. Once a turn by discarding an XYZ
Material, you detach ALL other XYZ Material on the
Field. Interesting note, I couldn't find ruling
wise, but I'm not sure if that effect encompasses
the rest of this cards XYZ Material, but even so,
you're very likely winning this turn, adding in a
successful Heavy Storm or something. But continuing
along, Neo gains 500 attack for EACH damn XYZ
Material discarded by this effect, that could prove
to be beyond insane. OH, and if that weren't enough,
Neo can attack once per the number of XYZ Material
discarded by this effect. Insane to summon? Hell
yes! Insane to play? Hell yes, again. Game breaking,
game changing, potential for breaking and to end
Duels everywhere...HELL YES!

Ratings:

Traditional: 3.5/5 SLOOOOOOOW but still unwieldy

Advanced 5/5...Bitches =)

Art: 5/5

John Rocha

Galactic Overlord has upgraded the Galaxy-Eyes
Photon Dragon theme with Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon
Dragon. At 4500 attack and the ability to be even
bigger, it has a potential OTK in that it can attack
as many times as Xyz material it has removed from
your opponent’s side of the field. All we need now
to get this incredible monster on the field is three
level 8 monsters.

There are decks in play today that can accomplish
this feat without too much trouble. The first is a
build with Gagaga Girl and Magician. We have talked
about the Gagaga deck’s ability to special summon
high ranked Xyz monsters all week. To clarify, you
get both monsters on the field, change Magician to
level 8 and then have Girl copy it for two level 8
monsters. If you get another Girl on the field with
say Inferno Reckless Summon, you can have 3 or 4
level 8 monsters and Xyz to your hearts content.

Another deck that is all the rage right now is
Hieratic. Use the tribute effect of a Hieratic
monster to special summon Hieratic Seal of the Sun
Dragon Overlord or Blue-Eyes White Dragon (it
becomes a 0/0 atk/def) then play Inferno Reckless
Summon to give you 3 level 8 monsters on the field.
You can also special summon a Hieratic and normal
summon a Hieratic monster and use Dragonic Tactics
to tribute them both to bring out Galaxy-Eyes Photon
Dragon and two Normal level 8 monsters.

It takes a bit more effort and resources to summon
or make 3 level 8 monsters, but it is doable in the
right deck.

Traditional: 2/5
Advanced: 3/5

Miguel

Our last card of Dark Paladin's choice week is a
card who's name I dare you to say 5 times real fast,
Neo Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon. Neo is a Rank 8 Xyz
Dragon, needing 3 level 8 monsters to Xyz summon.
Sounds like a lot, but it's not that hard. Any 3
level 8 monsters will do. A well put together Blue
Eyes deck with a Galaxy Eyes in it could get it
done. The Gagaga trio, Hieratics, all work well,
with card like Resonance Device, Dragonic Tactics
and Photon Sanctuary as well. Not to mention over
the top stats. If one of those level 8 monsters is
regular Galaxy Eyes, Neo gets a neat ability. You
can negate the effects of all other face up
cards...Monsters, spells and traps that are
currently on the field. Once per turn you can detach
one Xyz material from this card to detach all Xyz
materials you opponent controls. then Neo gains 500
ATK for each card detached, and it can attack the
same amount of times as well. This card can win
games, assuming nothing bad happens to it.

Traditional: 1.5
Advanced: 3.5

Argouru

Friday:

Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
Rk 8/LIGHT/Dragon-XYZ/4500A/3000D
"3 Level 8 monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned using "Galaxy-Eyes
Photon Dragon" as any of its Materials: Negate the
effects of all other face-up cards currently on the
field. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material
from this card; detach all Xyz Materials from
monsters your opponent controls, then this card
gains 500 ATK for each, also it can attack up to
that many times during each Battle Phase this turn."

O... Kay. Here we have what's called a 'game
winner that's nearly impossible to play' type of
card. Getting out three Level 8 monsters is nearly
impossible until Photon Kaiser gets released in an
American format:

(Photon Kaiser Lv 8/LIGHT/Warrior/2000A/2800D
"When this card is Normal or Flip Summoned: You can
Special Summon 1 "Photon Kaiser" from your hand or
Deck." from the upcoming Return of the Duelist set)

But even then, that won't be enough to get NGEPD
out easily as this card will takes such a serious
amount of effort just to hit the field, only to most
likely be instantly destroyed by a Trap card. While
his effects are killer, he'll most likely never see
any serious play due to his heavy and very costly
summoning conditions. A great idea with amazingly
high stats, but far too restricted to be even
remotely practical.

Traditional: 2
Advanced: 1.5

Philosophical
Psycho

I was mistaken in my review of Force Focus by citing
Leviathan Dragon. Leviathan Dragon, being an Xyz, is
not prone to being negated by Force Focus; however,
I used Leviathan Dragon for the sake of example in
illustrating how adept Force Focus is at negating
continuous effects, effects that can be used more
than once per turn, and how Force Focus can chain to
any card and not necessarily to the effect you are
intending to negate. This is significant as Xyz
monsters or low-level monsters tend to have more
dangerous effects. A high-level monster such as
Judgment Dragon or Black Luster Soldier can run
Force Focus over with brute force. This also a
testament to how commonly players may forget about
Force Focus' Level restriction, so keep that in mind
lest your opponent forgets about it as well or is
purposefully trying to cheat you out. Now back to
our originally scheduled review:

Giving up three Level 8 monsters at once to summon
the second-strongest Xyz monster.

THREE LEVEL EIGHTS AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Well, like I say with most hard-to-summon Extra Deck
cards, if your Deck has the capability to summon it
and when that opportunity arises and you can't,
you'll regret it. But is NGEPD actually worth using?

A given Photon Deck is able to supply the materials
quite easily if it opts to. Two weeks ago I played
against a (relatively weak) Photon Deck which was
able to summon a triplet of Photon Dragons on the
first turn. Now, as far as Photon Decks go, having
triple Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is not common,
although Photon Kaiser, a Level 8 with swarming
capabilities, was created specifically for NGEPD
(and was indeed the card Kite used himself to play
NGEPD).

Remember that the only thing GEPD will do for this
monster is to prohibit the effects of most other
monsters, aside from running Skill Drain basics like
Beast King Barbaros and Fusilier Dragon. This is fun
for crushing Ryko, Marshmallon, D.D. Warrior Lady,
and can help protect it from a Tour Guide → Zenmaines combo the
following turn, but this is usually a moot point as
NGEPD is supposed to deal the finishing blow as it
is summoned (Photon Trident helps, assuming you're
actually using a Photon Deck!).

That said, the actual summoning isn't a problem. For
example, as I alluded to in the Lucky Straight
article, "Star Light, Star Bright," "Resonance
Device," or "Galaxy Queen's Light" is extremely
helpful to do a triple Xyz (especially for the
Hieratic Deck). In any Deck that uses Galaxy-Eyes
Photon Dragon (mostly Photon and Ninja, sometimes
Hieratic and general Dragon), well, if you have
GEPD, there is a very little chance I'm intending to
summon an Xyz Monster, and any Xyz Monster I had out
before GEPD came out is probably doomed. In short,
the only real way you'll use GEPD to play Neo and
then use Neo to devastate all my Xyzs if I happened
to have several Xyzs out, you summoned GEPD to
dispatch one, then summoned Neo the following turn
to wipe out the rest, OR if you're fortunate enough
to summon GEPD and Neo on the same turn. Completely
neglecting GEPD (I just explained how all it does is
grant NGEPD extra protection*), NGEPD is only
effective if you can summon a bunch of Level 8's at
once in order to properly deal with a wave of
opposing Xyzs.
*Actually, the Photon Deck benefits from using a lot
of Level 4 monsters with negative effects, who
benefit from Neo's Skill Draining effect.

It's not Gate Guardian, and it's actually useful,
but it's still not practical.